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Sarah Ferguson, one of Australia’s most respected journalists, has been appointed China Bureau Chief as the ABC expands its commitment to covering this increasingly powerful nation, and the Asia-Pacific region, at this fascinating and crucial time. Ferguson takes over the role later this year, joining fellow China Correspondent Bill Birtles in Beijing, after completing her

Tim Duncan was a disillusioned young rural doctor when a series of traumatic events transformed his life. After his critically ill patient couldn’t be properly treated at an under-resourced outback hospital, Dr Duncan was left questioning his career choice. “I was in a desperate state of anger and frustration and sadness really. We have

The ABC’s review has now identified the 2560 current and former casual employees engaged between 1 November 2012 and 24 December 2018, and since, who were paid using the fixed or “flat rate” payment system.

18 January A fake article is currently circulating on Facebook, tagged as “Sponsored content” and promoting an automated trading platform, which includes a purported interview on ABC News Breakfast, pictures from the program and quotes attributed to hosts Virginia Trioli and Michael Rowland. The article is entirely fabricated and the ABC has alerted Facebook.

There has been some confusion and misreporting of the situation regarding casual employees at the ABC. As stated on 10 January, the ABC recently identified that some casual employees may have been underpaid. As a result, it is currently reviewing the cases of all casual employees paid on a “flat rate” basis over the past six years.

The former ABC Managing Director, Michelle Guthrie, has brought proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia alleging she was subject to adverse action because, amongst other things, she had made complaints. This is not correct. Ms Guthrie was dismissed because the Board had lost confidence in her. She was not dismissed because of any complaints

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